Pyrus species

pear

Fruits and Vegetables, Trees and Shrubs, Bonsai

Seed benefits from stratification, or sow in fall, in colder areas in cold frame for protection, some 3" apart. Propagation by ring-bark or tourniquet air layering is slow. Set grafted specimens with bud union at least 2" above soil level, to prevent scion from rooting directly; whipgrafting is done in early spring